I went to PT today and biked for the first time on the stationary bike! The bigger news is I can officially go to one crutch! ONE! Well I can start doing it around the house, but still use two crutches when I go out. Yay! Such huge news! I'm so excited for this milestone. …
Tag: good times
Last Week With Mama Here
The one good thing about cancelling Hawaii was getting to spend an extra week with my mama. The day we cancelled the trip, her and I took a trip to the zoo. When you're in a wheelchair, the person who is pushing the wheelchair gets in for free. So great! Chris is a member so …
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Due to not being in Hawaii, I spent the day with family in OC. It was a long day and it exhausted me with some pain from being out and active all day. However, I was thankful to spend the time getting to hang with my mom for a bit longer. She …
Family Weekend and LA Outing
So this weekend, Chris' family came to visit on Saturday morning. They were all sick or getting over a sickness so I sadly had to keep my distance as much as possible. It is just not worth getting sick while in recovery. I actually can't even imagine what it would be like, but I know …
My First Water Therapy Appt
I am so excited to start water therapy again! I just loved it last time and I love how much more I can do and can move in water than I can on land. Having my mom here for some of these first appointments was so helpful because not being able to break 90 degrees …
Post Op Weeks 3 and 4
My mom overlapped with my dad, so when we got back from our weekend in LA she was at our house. She's staying till the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and I'm so happy to have her here for so long. She's so helpful with my recovery, care-taking of Chris, Lucy and me and she does a …
A Hippie Meet Up
I met a fellow San Diego "hippie" through my PAO group on Facebook. We started texting each other and offering each other support during our recoveries. We are exactly one week different in post-op timing and she was in the exact same hospital room as I was! We wanted to meet each other in person …
POR Race Weekend
Chris helps run a charity for people affected by pancreatic cancer. The main event every year is a big race in LA. I really wanted to be able to make it for this weekend to show my support and I was pleasantly surprised that I felt ok enough to go. I had a couple friends …
Two Weeks Post Op: Post Op Series Post 3
My dad came on October 25th and overlapped with Heather. I also had my first PT session that day. My surgeon has started having his patients start PT earlier, around 7-10 days post-op. So within my first two weeks post-op, I had two PT sessions. They mostly consisted of passive range of motion by my …
Quick Overview
I swore to myself I wouldn't do this. I wouldn't be like many of the other blogs about PAO's. I wouldn't abandon my readers when I started to feel better. I saw a pattern in those blogs I found. They all seemed to stop after a few months of recovery. My boyfriend took that to …
Literally Hip 